Forensic Files - Season 1 - Eps 4: The Footpath Murders
The first case to use DNA evidence is detailed. In 1983 Leicester, England, police were stymied by a rape/murder of a 15-year-old girl; three years later, faced with a similar crime, they turned to Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist with a revolutionary approach to solving the case.
About Forensic Files
Title: Forensic Files
First Air Date: 1996-04-21
Last Air Date: 2011-06-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.9/10 (from 71 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 15
Total Episodes: 400
Network: TLC truTV Court TV
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Production Companies: Medstar Television
Synopsis
Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.
Cast
Peter Thomas
Self - Narrator (voice)
